Christians who believe in and practice charismatic gifts may be found in nearly every denomination, and their views on the Christian life have influence far beyond those who subscribe to their theology.
Wayne Grudem is wonderful on gender issues and most areas of theology. Gordon Fee is also an adept interpreter and defender of the Bible.
Don Basham - Late charismatic deliverance minister affiliated with the Disciples of Christ. He used the experiences of his ministry to teach believers how to deliver themselves from the demons behind their sins and life problems, through rebukes, Bible study, and prayer. Titles: Deliver Us from Evil; Face Up with a Miracle; Handbook on Holy Spirit Baptism; The Miracle of Tongues; The Most Dangerous Game: A Biblical Exposé of Occultism; Spiritual Power; True and False Prophets; The Way I See It.
David K. Bernard (b. 1956) - founder of New Life United Pentecostal Church in Austin, and president of Urshan Graduate School of Theology. One of the most recognizable defenders of Oneness Pentecostalism, whose theology resembles that of Praxeas. He has written 24 doctrinal books and is considered by the Oneness movement to be one of their best scholars, with degrees in jurisprudence, math, and business. Titles: Essentials of Holiness; God's Infallible Word; A Handbook of Basic Doctrines; A History of Christian Doctrine; In Search of Holiness; In the Name of Jesus; Light on Masonry; New Birth; Oneness and Trinity, A.D. 100-300; The Oneness of God; The Oneness View of Jesus Christ; Spiritual Gifts; The Trinitarian Controversy in the Fourth Century; and comentaries on Romans and Colossians/Philemon..
John and Lisa Bevere - charismatic evangelical husband and wife team who write general books on Christian living. John Bevere is particularly emphatic about the importance of deliverance ministries, while Lisa writes more specifically to women's issues. Their optimistic view of history is a form of postmillennialism in which God's kingdom is brought about through charismatic renewal. John's titles: The Bait of Satan; Breaking Intimidation; The Devil's Door; Drawing Near; The Fear of the Lord; A Heart Ablaze; Thus Saith the Lord; Under Cover; Victory in the Wilderness; The Voice of One Crying; Walk in God's Pattern for Success. Lisa's titles: Be Angry but Don't Blow It; Give Up and Get Free; Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry; Look Beyond What You See; Put Away Your Past; The True Measure of a Woman; You Are Not What You Weigh. Joint titles: Out of Control and Loving It; Pathway to His Presence.
Larry Christenson (b. 1928) - charismatic revivalist who writes from a liberal Lutheran perspective on how to bring about charismatic renewal. His influence helped popularize the movement among non-evangelicals. Christenson advocates placing experience rather than doctrine at the center of Christian life, and sees charismatics as being in the tradition of Montanus. Titles: Back to Square One; A Charismatic Approach to Social Action; The Charismatic Renewal Among Lutherans; The Christian Family; How to Have a Daily Quiet Time; The Renewed Mind; Ride the River; Speaking in Tongues; The Strategy of the Spirit; Welcome, Holy Spirit; The Wonderful Way that Babies Are Made.
Don Colbert - Christian nutritionist and personal physician for faith-healer Benny Hinn. Colbert centers his ministry on the belief that foods and herbs mentioned in the Bible contain supernatural healing properties, so that Christians who order their diet by the Bible need not fear serious illnesses. Colbert also suggests secular doctors' health advice is unreliable compared to the Bible's medical secrets. Thus, hidden in the Bible are cures for cancer, diabetes, memory loss, arthritis, and other problems. As a graduate of Oral Roberts University, his personal theology is similar to that of the Word of Faith movement, with a focus on healing. Titles: The Bible Cure (and spin-off titles); Deadly Emotions; Toxic Relief; Walking in Divine Health (w/ Benny Hinn; What Would Jesus Eat?; What You Don't Know May Be Killing You.
Eastman Curtis - charismatic youth speaker, pastor of Destiny Church, and head of Eastman Curtis ministries. He writes for Charisma magazine, appears on The 700 Club, and hosts the TV show This Generation. Gives much focus to end-time prophecy. Titles: Dare to Destinize; Every Day I Pray for My Teenager; Kickin' Devil Hiney; Raising Heaven Bound Kids in a Hell Bent World; Turn Loose of Your "But" and Go with God; Xtreme Talk; You Can Make It Happen.
Jim and Carol Cymbala - charismatic ministers of the Brooklyn Tabernacle. They emphasize Spirit-baptism and speaking in tongues as normative for all believers, yet their appeal reaches far beyond charismatic circles. They use personal stories rather than the Bible to back up their teachings. Many of Jim's works focus on how to become the kind of person God cannot help but bestow grace on. Jim's titles: Breakthrough Prayer; The Church God Blesses; Fresh Faith; Fresh Power; Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire; The Life God Blesses; The Promise of Answered Prayer; The Promise of God's Power. Carol's main title: He's Been Faithful. (Carol is primarily known for her music.)
Gordon Fee (b. 1934) - world-renowned biblical scholar and dean of New Tesatment studies at Regent College. Fee is active in the egalitarian group Christians for Biblical Equality but is otherwise conservative. He is a leading Pentecostal critic of the Word of Faith movement. Fee has also served on the Committee on Bible Translation. Titles: The Act of Bible Reading; The Disease of the Health and Wealth Gospels; God's Empowering Presence; Gospel and Spirit; How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth; Listening to the Spirit in the Text; New Testament Exegesis; Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God; To What End?; and commentaries on 1 Corinthians, Philippians, and the Pastoral Letters.
Richard J. Foster - evangelical Quaker professor at Friends University in Wichita, who promotes the strict practice of inward, outward, and corporate Christian disciplines as essential for spiritual growth. Unlike Don Whitney, Foster takes a mystical approach to the Christian life. Titles: Celebration of Discipline; The Challenge of the Disciplined Life; The Freedom of Simplicity; Money, Sex, and Power; Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home; Prayers from the Heart; Streams of Living Water.
Francis Frangipane - charismatic pastor who focuses on Christlikeness. Although closely associated with charismatic and Third Wave teachers, he prefers not to be categorized as such. He believes that regardless of titles, recipients of miraculous spiritual gifts today should still be open to testing. Titles: Breaking Christian Curses (w/ Dennis Cramer); Discerning of Spirits; Divine Antidote; Exposing the Accuser of the Brethren; Holiness, Truth, and the Presence of God; The Jezebel Spirit; The Power of One Christlike Life; The Stronghold of God; The Three Battlegrounds.
Wayne Grudem (b. 1948) - Reformed Baptist professor whose emphases are continuing prophecy and the attributes of God. He is also very active in the complementarian Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Grudem also helped translate the ESV. Titles: Are Miraculous Gifts for Today? [Ed.]; Business for the Glory of God; Doctrina Biblica; Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth; The Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy [w/ Vern Poythress]; The Gift of Prophecy in 1 Corinthians; The Gift of Prophecy in the New Testament and Today; Power and Truth; Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood [Ed., w/ John Piper]; Systematic Theology.
John Hagee - charismatic fundamentalist and frequent TV preacher who shows some Word of Faith influence. He focuses on biblical inerrancy, America's moral problems, and national Israel in biblical prophecy. His dispensationalism goes beyond the classic view to suggest different ways of salvation for Jews and Gentiles, and he insists that Christ will return within the next few years. Titles: Attack on America; Avenger of Blood; The Battle for Jerusalem; Beginning of the End; Being Happy in an Unhappy World; Day of Deception; Devil's Island; Final Dawn Over Jerusalem; From Daniel to Doomsday; God's Two-Minute Warning; Knowing the Secrets of God; The Revelation of Truth; The Seven Secrets. He has also produced a Prophecy Study Bible.
Jack Hayford (b. 1934) - founding pastor of the Church on the Way, a Foursquare Gospel church. Also founder and chancellor of the King's Seminary. Hayford hosts the Living Way TV and radio programs and has composed many choruses based on charismatic theology. Titles: The Beauty of Spiritual Language; Blessing Your Children; Glory in Your House; Hayford's Bible Handbook; The Heart of Praise; I'll Hold You in Heaven; Kingdom Power; Living the Spirit-Formed Life; Praise in the Presence of God; Prayer Is Invading the Impossible; Rebuilding the Real You; What the Bible Reveals About Heaven; Worship His Majesty. He also produced the Spirit-Filled Life Bible.
Selwyn Hughes - Welsh founder of Christians for World Revival (est. 1965), which seeks to spread charismatic renewal to other nations. He is also an authority on pastoral counseling. Titles: The Character of God; Discovering Life's Greatest Purpose; Everyday Light; Helping People Through Their Problems; Hope Eternal; How to Live the Christian Life; The Introvert's Guide to Spontaneous Witnessing; Light for the Path; The Lord's Prayer; Prayer: The Greatest Power; The Spirit-Filled Life; Water for the Soul.
Charles Hummel (b. 1923) - charismatic evangelical Anglican who recently served as director of faculty ministries for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and as president of Barrington College. He is a frequent speaker and author encouraging Christian freedom and life without guilt. Hummel also seeks to spread charismatic renewal to churches in cooperation with InterVarsity. Hummel was also a consultant for the NIV. Titles: Fire in the Fireplace: Charismatic Renewal in the Nineties; Freedom from the Tyranny of the Urgent; The Galileo Connection; Genesis: God's Creative Call (w/ Anne Hummel); Spiritual Gifts.
Charles H. Kraft - charismatic deliverance minister and professor at Fuller Theological Seminary since 1969. A former missionary in Nigeria, he is an authority in Christian communication and cross-cultural evangelism. Titles: Anthropology for Christian Witness; Christianity in Culture (w/ Bernard Ramm); Christianity with Power; Confronting Powerless Christianity; Deep Wounds, Deep Healing; Defeating Dark Angels; I Give You Authority; The Rules of Engagement.
Greg Laurie (b. 1952) - Arminian dispensational founder and pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, the third largest church in California, and host of the TV and radio program "A New Beginning." An early advocate of seeker sensitive churches, he has since become critical of the excesses of the movement. While generally charismatic, he opposes deliverance ministries and Third Wave revivalism. Titles: Breakfast with Jesus; Every Day with Jesus; The God of the Second Chance; God's Design for Christian Dating; The Great Compromise; How to Share Your Faith; The Invisible World; Knowing Jesus Personally (Ed., w/ Steve Benson); A Passion for God; The Upside Down Church; Why Believe?; Wrestling with God. He also helped produce the New Believer's Bible and the Seeker's Bible.
Eddie Long - charismatic but fairly traditional pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, and founder and CEO of its Faith Academy. He is best known for his audio and video sermon series, and he has been a featured speaker at Promise Keepers events. Ron Phillips has prophesied that Long will bring Baptists into a charismatic revival. Titles: Called to Conquer; I Don't Want Delilah, I Need You; The Power of a Wise Woman; Passion for Life; Restoring the House of God; Taking Over; Thy Kingdom Come; What a Man Wants, What a Woman Needs.
Francis B. MacNutt (b. 1925) - Catholic prayer healer who teaches that God never intends suffering for His children and that therefore all diseases are attacks of Satan. One of the first Roman Catholics to be involved in the charismatic movement. Titles: Deliverance from Evil Spirits; Deliverance from the Evil One; Four Types of Healing; Healing (w/ John Wimber; Introduction to Healing; Overcome by the Spirit; The Power to Heal; Prayer that Heals; Praying for Your Unborn Child.
Earl Paulk (b. 1927) - Pentecostal archbishop and founder of The Cathedral at Chapel Hill. Known for preaching against racism in the 1950s, he subscribes to the Kingdom Creed, a Pentecostal confession that emphasizes healing. Teaches absolute ministerial authority and does not allow criticism of his ministry; "no man can touch a prophet." Titles: And Then the End Shall Come; Held in the Heavens Until; Local Church Says "Hell No!"; Offspring; One Blood; 101 Questions Your Pastor Hopes You Never Ask; The Prophetic Community; Satan Unmasked; Sex Is God's Idea; Spiritual Megatrends; That the World May Know; To Whom Is God Betrothed?; Ultimate Kingdom; The Wounded Body of Christ.John L. Sherrill (b. 1923) - Episcopal layman who helped launch the charismatic movement outside Pentecostalism, especially in Catholic and Episcopal churches. He and his wife Elizabeth also helped co-write several modern classics associated with other authors. Titles: The Cross and the Switchblade (w/ David Wilkerson); God's Smuggler (w/ Brother Andrew); The Hiding Place (w/ Corrie ten Boom); My Friend, the Bible; Little Miracles in Real Life; They Speak with Other Tongues; When God Breaks Through. Not to be confused with Christian musician John S. Sherrill.
Robert Webber (b. 1933) - charismatic, evangelical Episcopal professor at Wheaton College. Webber leads "Renew Your Worship" workshops to recover the significance and vitality of congregational worship. He is one of the most well-spoken advocates of Praise and Worship music. His recent writings show influence from Leonard Sweet and other moderate evangelicals. Titles: Ancient-Future Evangelism; Ancient-Future Faith; Blended Worship; The Complete Library of Christian Worship (Ed.); Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail; Journey to Jesus; The Ministries of Christian Worship (Ed.); The People of the Truth; Planning Blended Worship; Rethinking Evangelicalism in a Postmodernism World; Worship Is a Verb; Worship Old and New; The Younger Evangelicals (Ed.).There may be others in this database whose charismatic convictions I am not aware of. See also the sections on revivalists, Word of Faith teachers, and early Pentecostals.
For a statement of my beliefs, see my Declaration of Faith.
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